to-bread
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (obsolete) An extra loaf added by bakers to every dozen, completing a baker's dozen.
- Synonym: in-bread
- 2013, Robert Means Lawrence, The Magic Of The Horse-Shoe:
- The number thirteen is also sometimes known as a "baker's dozen," because it was formerly a common practice to give thirteen loaves for twelve, the extra piece being called the in-bread or to-bread.